Vladimir Nabokov in context
by Bethea, David M. Frank, Siggy
Vladimir Nabokov, bilingual writer of dazzling masterpieces, is a phenomenon that both resists and requires contextualization. This book challenges the myth of Nabokov as a sole genius who worked in isolation from his surroundings, as it seeks to anchor his work firmly within the historical, cultural, intellectual and political contexts of the turbulent twentieth century. 'Vladimir Nabokov in Context' maps the ever-changing sites, people, cultures and ideologies of his itinerant life which shap…
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- Full title :Vladimir Nabokov in context / edited by David M. Bethea, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Siggy Frank, University of Nottingham.
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Vladimir Nabokov, bilingual writer of dazzling masterpieces, is a phenomenon that both resists and requires contextualization. This book challenges the myth of Nabokov as a sole genius who worked in isolation from his surroundings, as it seeks to anchor his work firmly within the historical, cultural, intellectual and political contexts of the turbulent twentieth century. 'Vladimir Nabokov in Context' maps the ever-changing sites, people, cultures and ideologies of his itinerant life which shaped the production and reception of his work. Concise and lively essays by leading scholars reveal a complex relationship of mutual influence between Nabokov's work and his environment.
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- Publication Date:2018.
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018.
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- Description:xv, 320 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781107108646, 1107108640
- oclc:on1002299314
- LC Classification:PS3527.A15
- Dewey Decimal:810/820
Table of Contents
Introduction: contextualizing Nabokov / David M. Bethea and Siggy Frank -- Identity. Nabokov's life in context I: Russia and emigration / Brian Boyd ; Nabokov's life in context II: beyond the emigration / Brian Boyd ; Childhood / Barbara Wyllie ; Women / Lara Delage-Toriel ; Friends and foes / Julian W. Connolly ; Academia / Susan Elizabeth Sweeney ; Authorial persona / Maria Malikova -- Places. St Petersburg / Gennady Barabtarlo ; Cambridge / Beci Carver ; Berlin / Stanislav Shvabrin ; Paris / John Burt Foster Jr ; East to West Coast / Monica Manolescu ; Switzerland / Annick Morard -- Literatures and arts. The Russian literary canon / Alexander Dolinin ; The Western literary canon / Michael Wood ; Publishing: Russian émigré literature / Siggy Frank ; Publishing: American literature / Duncan White ; Detective fiction / Michal Oklot and Matthew Walker ; Samizdat and tamizdat / Ann Komaromi ; Nabokov's visual imagination / Marijeta Bozovic ; Popular culture / Nassim Winnie Balestrini -- Ideas and cultures. Science / Stephen H. Blackwell ; Darwinism / David M. Bethea ; Psychoanalysis / Michal Oklot and Matthew Walker ; Faith / Sergei Davydov ; Jewishness as literary device in Nabokov…
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